Lilac Honey : A collection of poems

By AM . ALI

Lilac Honey is more than a honey-eyed collection of sweetness as it captures a personal essence of an islander that centres around topics on love, unrequited love, self esteem, friendships, heartbreak, climate change and the world around with a sprinkle of wanderlust.

Readers may find resonance amongst these pages which is broken into two chapters.

In which chapter one is called 'The Palette and The Canvas' which its chapter break quote states 'Poetically derived from the colours of Lilac' which explains the writer's personal touch.

And chapter two is called 'The Honey Pot' which focuses on the observing factors of people and the world around in which this chapter breaker quotes states 'Everything isn't sweet as it seems as there is a common place of bittersweet happenings, sweetened continuations and mild neglect.'Lilac Honey is more than a honey-eyed collection of sweetness as it captures a personal essence of an islander that centres around topics on love, unrequited love, self esteem, friendships, heartbreak, climate change and the world around with a sprinkle of wanderlust.

Readers may find resonance amongst these pages which is broken into two chapters.

In which chapter one is called 'The Palette and The Canvas' which its chapter break quote states 'Poetically derived from the colours of Lilac' which explains the writer's personal touch.

And chapter two is called 'The Honey Pot' which focuses on the observing factors of people and the world around in which this chapter breaker quotes states 'Everything isn't sweet as it seems as there is a common place of bittersweet happenings, sweetened continuations and mild neglect.'

• Language: English
• Publisher: AM . ALI
• Release date: Apr 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798224865321

AM . ALI

AM . ALI, hails from the Caribbean on the small twin island of Trinidad and Tobago who pens and blots ink into Lilac poems. However, when she's not spilling ink, you can find her immersed in the world of a good plot-twisting book, or vibing out to music that resonates with her soul or even enjoying a world of dark comedy K-dramas amongst a plethora of other things that brings joy to her soul. In the year of 2023, she was highlighted as Bocas Lit Fest's 'New Voices' which acknowledges a special showcase of debut and self-published books by T&T authors, in her home country exploring a diversity of voices, subjects, and styles. Along with receiving the First Authors Award presented by Nalis the national library in her mother land that year. AM . ALI, hails from the Caribbean on the small twin island of Trinidad and Tobago who pens and blots ink into Lilac poems. However, when she's not spilling ink, you can find her immersed in the world of a good plot-twisting book, or vibing out to music that resonates with her soul or even enjoying a world of dark comedy K-dramas amongst a plethora of other things that brings joy to her soul. In the year of 2023, she was highlighted as Bocas Lit Fest's 'New Voices' which acknowledges a special showcase of debut and self-published books by T&T authors, in her home country exploring a diversity of voices, subjects, and styles. Along with receiving the First Authors Award presented by Nalis the national library in her mother land that year.

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About this collection

Lilac Honey, is more than a honey-eyed collection of sweetness as it captures a personal essence of an islander that centres around the topics of love, unrequited love, friendships, heartbreak, self-esteem issues, religion, climate change and the world around with a sprinkle of wanderlust.

Readers may find resonance amongst these pages which is broken into two chapters.

In which, chapter one is called ‘The Palette and the Canvas’ in which its chapter breaker quote states ‘Poetically derived from the colours of Lilac’ which explains the colours of Lilac indicates as the writer’s personal touch.

And chapter two is called ‘The Honey Pot’ which focuses on the observing factors of people and the world around in which this chapter breaker quote states ‘Everything isn’t sweet as it seems as there is a common place of bittersweet happenings, sweetened continuations and mild neglect.’

Lilac Honey –

I am a creative bee, I extract honey from the

craft of words, I create

for they are all – appreciative and unappreciative

words of red.

for they are all – lonesome words of blue,

courageous words of purple, with an added timidly

touch of words of white.

this is my craft of words, my lilac honey

to the world of art and its people of readers

I say - may they, may they,

be loved and enjoyed

near and afar with

such honeycomb filled resonance.

Table of Contents

About this collection 10

i.

The world in her 18

My abode 20

In this small ole’ town 21

The solar system of friendship 23

He, the lantern 25

The library of lovers 26

Mermaid Tales 29

You’re the portrait 30

Wings & repercussions 31

THE MONOLOGUE 32

A traveller’s supposed travelled short dreamt catalogue 35

Eager heart 37

DemOlition 38

TOBAGO 39

Eager pen 40

Learning Patience 41

Breathe 42

Becoming independence 43

Z0mBie & HEaLinG 46

The attire of life, we wear 47

On this corner of the world 48

The language of fruits 49

Guilty 55

Once upon a beloved 57

Dedication 58

Tabanca, is what we call it, a commess ache to the heart, survivors’ kit 60

An ode of a future parent 63

P e r c e p t i o n s, first 64

Summer in the garden I grew up in 65

Climatic sadness 66

ERAS 67

LILAC POEMS 69

ii.

Cactus Bane 74

D r e a m s 77

A brief reminder my young, youth 79

Natural disasters we are / are we 80

The avalanche of you 81

The reel of never giving up 87

A traveller 88

What happens outside at midnight? 89

Darling, you are the novel 90

Honey made dreams 92

Solar, her 93

Question, answer or aftermath 95

To You 98

Gold Mine 99

Repetition of US 100

Nirvana 101

The black swan of dance 102

Acceptance 103

Standalone Goddess with or without Adonis 104

This corner of the world 105

A list of anything, really 106

Open ocean in open waters 107

Love letters 108

A list of things no one knows, but knows anyways 109

The truth about muses is that they can be everywhere and can be anything 111

Passion is an active sea 113

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